
Michigan Joins In On The Legal Fight Against Trump’s Birthright Citizenship Order
President Donald Trump went right to work on day one of his administration and signed many executive orders, one of which has received much backlash and pushback.
The executive order was to end the constitutional right to birthright citizenship, which grants citizenship to anyone born in the United States, regardless of where their parents are from. This didn't sit right with many people in Michigan, so they are responding legally.

Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel and 17 other Democratic State Attorneys General are now joining the list of people suing the Trump administration over the order, which has been established since the late 1800s, as Dana Nessel spoke of in a statement:
The Citizenship Clause has stood as constitutional law in this nation for more than 150 years and has twice been upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court. It is disappointing that in the first hours of this incoming administration, the first perceived enemy President Trump has struck against is the U.S. Constitution
The snag that Trump now runs into is, as Nessel pointed out, he can't legally make changes to the Constitution without support from 3/4 of the states and a majority vote from Congress:
Today’s executive order is a clear violation of American law. The U.S. Constitution lays out the steps to alter an amendment unequivocally and clearly, and those steps do not include an executive order on the first or any day of a presidential term.
The Trump Administration has not yet commented on the lawsuit, and we will have to wait and see how it develops.
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